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The Sacramento Regional Program Center serves the entire council, and is headquarters for Management, Membership, Outreach, Adult Development, Marketing and Communications, Product Sales, Program, Properties, Business Services, Finance, Fund Development, and Human Resources. For office hours and information, visit Contact Us.
The Modesto Regional Office provides member services to the southern portion of our council. Assistance is provided for Membership, Outreach, and Adult Development, as well as a Girl Scout Shop for program supplies.
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Girl Scout Shop
The Girl Scout Shop is located in the Sacramento Regional Program Center, with an additional annex in the Modesto Regional Office. As an authorized agency of GSUSA, we offer a complete line of program supplies and official insignia. The Girl Scout Shop carries all inventory listed in the Girl Scout National Equipment Catalog, as well as unique items tailored for members of our council. Visit e-shop online today!
Part of every sale made at the Girl Scout Shop benefits girls right here in our council. Proceeds from sales help provide Girl Scout events and training, outreach, volunteer training and development, and supports maintenance of Camp Fleming, Camp Menzies and other council properties.
Historical Museum
Girl Scouts Heart of Central California is fortunate to have a dedicated group of volunteers who support our Historical Museum with tours,
memorabilia trunks, uniforms and displays available for girls' education and enjoyment. Located inside the Sacramento Regional Program Center, the Historical Museum
offers one-hour, interactive tours encouraging girls to touch, investigate and enjoy the rich heritage of Girl Scouts. Girls, ages 11-17, can also
train as a museum docent, gaining skills and opportunities to share this history with others.
For tours or to become a docent call the council office at (800) 322-4475 or (916) 452-9181.
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Girl Scout Heart of Central California Property Rentals
Need a location for a Girl Scout meeting? Or can't decide where to take the troop for their next adventure?
Whether a large group that would rather sleep indoors with all the comforts of home, or a troop that wants to camp in the great outdoors, Girl Scouts Heart of Central California can meet your needs. Property rentals are also available for non-Girl Scout groups. For rental application and fee schedule click here.
Available year round, Camp Fleming is 440 acres of pine and oak-studded hills with a seasonal creek and numerous hiking trails. Accommodations are available at the Lodge, Campground, and Treehouse..
- Camp Fleming Lodge has an occupancy of 98 overnight guests. Lodge rental amenities include a large Meeting/Dining Room with two wood burning stoves and a wall of windows offering a beautiful woodland view, a smaller Conference Room, commercial kitchen, infirmary room, and second floor dormitory equipped with bunkbeds and heated with two wood burning stoves. Off the Dormitory are restrooms with showers. The Lodge grounds are landscaped with a spacious lawn bordered by stonework retaining decorative and native trees and shrubs.
Fleming Campground is available from May through October. Twelve campsites vary from riparian to pine/oak woodland on rolling hills. Fleming Campground can meet the needs of both large or small groups. Each site can accommodate 20 people, and the entire camp can be reserved for 240 campers. Campsites are equipped with a table, fire ring with tools, bear-proof food locker, and water faucet. Restrooms and showers are within the campground.
Fleming Treehouse is available from May through October and has room for 16 campers. The Treehouse is a unique, elevated deck that anchors to the side of a hill and allows campers to sleep within the canopy of several large oak trees. Camping is primitive, with portable toilets, table, bear-proof food locker but no running water.
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Camp Menzies is our 170 acre site which is available for rent in September and October. Each site can accommodate 24 people; the entire campground can accommodate 150. Each campsite has a table, fire circle, locker, and faucet. The property includes a complete commercial kitchen, swimming and canoe lakes, crafts center, nature center, sleeping cabins and tent platforms, and restrooms with showers. May through September Camp Menzies is our Resident Camp where girls enjoy summer fun!
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Girl Scout Cabins are located in Davis, Tracy, and Woodland. Accommodates 25 people for day use or sleeps 20. Each has a kitchen, table and chairs,
and at least one bathroom.
For more information, applicable fees and reservation request forms, firstname.lastname@example.com
or call the council office at (800) 322-4475 or
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Rochelle McGee-Huntington is a diabetes educator with the MultiCare Center for Diabetes Education.
Diabetes Q&A: Join us Sept. 21 for a free diabetes health forum
Join us for a free educational forum on managing your diabetes, hosted by MultiCare Health System. This free community event will feature a health fair, health screenings, panel discussion, breakout sessions, and a presentation by former football standout and nationally recognized speaker Marcus Dupree, who has diabetes.
When: 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 21
Where: Tacoma Community College, 6501 S. 19th St., Building 11, in Tacoma.
Free registration: Call 1-800-485-0205 or click here.
Breakout Sessions:
- What's your game plan for transition to elementary, high school and college?
- What's your insurance game plan?
- What's your nutrition game plan?
Expert speakers:
- Ronald Graf, MD
- Barbara Marshall Thompson, MD
- Pam Kramer, RD, CDE
- Janet Schneeman, RN, CDE
Take advantage of these services:
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Diabetes Q&A
We receive a lot of questions about diabetes at the MultiCare Center for Diabetes Education, so we thought it would be helpful to share some of our answers. After all, diabetes affects 25.8 million people in the U.S., about 8.3 percent of our population.
If you have additional questions that aren't answered below, including questions about insurance coverage, feel free to call the MultiCare Center for Diabetes Education at the following numbers:
- 253-403-1726 in Gig Harbor and Tacoma.
- 253-372-7010 in Covington, Auburn and South King County.
- 253-697-2801 in Puyallup and East Pierce County.
- 253-403-3131 for questions about diabetes and children.
What are the symptoms of diabetes?
Type 2 diabetes, previously known as adult-onset diabetes, is the most common type of diabetes. Most people who have type 2 diabetes have no symptoms until they have had diabetes for years. When their blood sugar gets high enough for them to have the symptoms, they may experience:
- Increased thirst and urination.
- Fatigue.
- Numbness or tingling to the hands or feet.
- Blurred vision.
- Slow healing of cuts or sores.
- Dry itchy skin and frequent infections.
What are the risk factors for diabetes, and how often should I be screened?
People should be screened for type 2 diabetes at least by the age of 45, and have the test repeated every three years, according to the American Diabetes Association. However, younger people should be screened earlier if they have any risk factors such as a family history of diabetes or are overweight or obese. One way to tell whether you are carrying extra weight is to measure your waist circumference. If it's over 35 inches for a women or over 40 inches for a man, you have extra weight around your waist. Type 2 diabetes is also more common in certain ethnic groups, such as African Americans, Hispanics, Pacific Islanders and Native Americans. Type 2 diabetes is becoming increasingly common in kids and teens, so doctors have begun to screen patients at younger ages.
Are there any tests that can determine whether I have diabetes?
There are three different blood tests that can be done to see whether someone has diabetes. These tests need to be confirmed by a second lab test to diagnose someone with diabetes.
- Fasting blood glucose: Less than 100 mg/dl is normal. 100 to 125 mg/dl is *Pre-diabetes. 126 mg/dl or higher is diabetes.
- A 75 gram oral glucose tolerance test: Drink 75 grams of glucose and have your blood tested one hour later. Normal: less than 140 mg/dl
- A1c test: 6.5 percent or higher is diagnostic of diabetes. This blood test tells your average blood glucose for the last three months by giving the percentage of how much glucose is stuck to your red blood cells.
If I am diagnosed with diabetes, is there any treatment?
For people who have type 2 diabetes, lifestyle changes are the main treatments for their disease. It is very important that when a person is diagnosed with diabetes that they go to a diabetes education program and learn all the diabetes self management skills so they can keep their blood sugars in control and live a long and healthy life.
When people come to us ready to make change and get their health in control, we see amazing results. We regularly see people with high glucose, high blood fats and high blood pressure, who then lose weight through a healthy diet and exercise, bring all their numbers down to the normal range.
What can be done to prevent diabetes?
Lifestyle changes are the key to controlling or preventing type 2 diabetes. People who keep their blood sugars, blood pressure and blood fats (cholesterol) in the target ranges through diet and exercise and sometimes medications can prevent or delay the complications of diabetes. It is uncontrolled diabetes that causes the damage to your body.
If you are diagnosed with pre-diabetes, that means the cells in your body are becoming resistant to the insulin your pancreas makes, and your blood glucose levels are higher than normal but not yet high enough to be diagnosed with diabetes. However, if you don't make some lifestyle changes now, you will most likely develop type 2 diabetes. The less fat and more muscle you have will decrease your resistance to insulin. So as they say, you need to move more and eat less!
Here are three quick tips:
- Eat a healthy diet: Watching portion sizes, avoid fried foods or high-fat foods, and eat fruits and vegetables daily. Just as important as a healthy diet, is being
- Be physically active: Walk 30 minutes a day , five days a week; take the stairs instead of the elevator. Exercise uses up sugar in your blood, decreases your resistance to insulin and helps you lose weight.
- Drop some weight: If you are overweight, a reduction in your weight of only 5 percent to 10 percent will greatly reduce your risk of getting diabetes. A great way to assess your risk of getting type 2 diabetes is to go to www.diabetes.org/risk and take a short quiz.
Diabetes is the leading cause of kidney failure, non-traumatic lower-limb amputations (not related to injury), and new cases of blindness among adults. It's also a major cause of heart disease and stroke, and the seventh leading cause of death.
At MultiCare, we're committed to helping people in our community avoid the factors that put them at-risk for diabetes. We offer early intervention for those with prediabetes and we provide medical care and support to ensure that those who have diabetes are able to live as fully as possible.
Rochelle McGee-Huntington is a diabetes educator with the MultiCare Center for Diabetes Education. For more information, call 253-403-1726 or visit www.multicare.org/home/diabetes-care.
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No. 124: Texas-San Antonio
By Paul Myerberg // Apr 10, 2012
No arguments here, minus one: Texas-San Antonio is building from the ground up – literally, with bricks, mortar, steel – yet chose, as its inaugural head coach, an individual who took the built-in foundation at Miami (Fla.) and reduced it to rubble. In the program's defense, the Roadrunners needed not merely a head coach but also an ambassador, and for any of his coaching faults, Larry Coker does provide the university with a noteworthy face for the program. But the time for press conferences and banquets is over, starting… now. I hope Texas-San Antonio saved a few shovels from all those groundbreaking ceremonies: the Roadrunners are going to need to dig themselves out of more than a few holes in 2012.
San Antonio, Tex.
Returning starters
21 (11 offense, 10 defense)
Last year's ranking
2011 record
(4-6, 0-0)
Last year's
2012 schedule
- Aug. 30
at South Alabama
- Sept. 8
Texas A&M-Commerce
- Sept. 15
at Georgia St.
- Sept. 22
N.W. Okla. St.
- Sept. 29
at New Mexico St.
- Oct. 13
at Rice
- Oct. 20
San Jose St.
- Oct. 27
Utah St.
- Nov. 3
at Louisiana Tech
- Nov. 10
McNeese St.
- Nov. 17
at Idaho
- Nov. 24
Texas St.
Last year's prediction
Not applicable. This is a Countdown first. Though not a last, with Massachusetts, South Alabama and Texas State to follow.
2011 recap
In a nutshell Welcome to football. It'll get easier, I swear. But the schedule will only grow harder, so don't get used to the cream-filled slate from last season — you'll get a Southern Utah and U.C. Davis every once in a while, but not every Saturday, as was the case last fall. Texas-San Antonio's football program, as fresh as a daisy, went through your typical growing pains in 2011: four wins, six losses, zero games against F.B.S. competition. What was strange — or disappointing, if you dig schadenfreude — was the lack of Keystone Kops-like stumbling and bumbling. U.T.S.A. was bad, but not… that bad. Many were expecting worse from a ragtag bunch of walk-ons and youngsters; many were expecting the Bad News Bears without the late-year turnaround. U.T.S.A. played nobodies, beat a few nobodies, lost to a bunch of nobodies, but the team wasn't terrible. But is this team ready for the F.B.S.? That's the big question.
High point The program got off on the right foot, beating Northeastern State, 31-3, in its debut on Sept. 3. Better than the win, perhaps, was the scene in the stands: 56,743 fans showed up at the Alamodome for the program's initial foray into college football, an N.C.A.A. start-up record. "This is maybe the most awesome game I've ever been around," said Coker. "I'm being totally honest with you."
Low point If you ignore the level of competition, and tend to think of glasses as half full, not half empty, you can see the fact that U.T.S.A. only suffered one lopsided defeat as a very good sign. The ugliest loss came at Southern Utah, where the Roadrunners were on the foul side of a 45-22 loss, but it was never much worse than that. If you take out that defeat and a 38-17 loss to U.C. Davis, the Roadrunners suffered losses by 3 points, 15 points, 3 points and 3 points. This isn't a backhanded compliment: U.T.S.A. was playing inferior competition, but it was competitive — most of the time.
Tidbit So U.T.S.A. won its first game in program history. Could this be a sign of good things to come? Of the last 10 teams to win the B.C.S. national championship, seven won their first game of college football. Alabama beat Birmingham High School, 56-0, in 1892. Auburn beat Georgia, 10-0, in 1891. Florida beat the Gainesville Athletic Club in 1906. Texas sneaked past the Dallas Athletic Club, 18-16, in 1893. U.S.C. beat the Alliance Athletic Club — located somewhere in California — in 1888. Ohio State beat Ohio Wesleyan, 20-14, in 1889. Miami (Fla.) beat Rollins by 39-7 in 1927. The outliers are L.S.U., which was blown out by Tulane, 34-0, in 1893; Oklahoma, which was embarrassed by the Oklahoma City Town Team, 34-0, in 1895; and Florida State, which lost to Stetson, 14-6, in 1947.
Tidbit (old age edition) Coker is 21 years older than the WAC's youngest coach, Louisiana Tech's Sonny Dykes. Coker, who born in 1948, is only 10 years younger than Dykes' father, Spike, the former head coach at Texas Tech. Of the WAC's seven head coaches, only Coker and Texas State's Dennis Franchione, the league's two new faces, were born before 1960. New Mexico State's DeWayne Walker was born in 1960, Utah State's Gary Andersen in 1964, San Jose State's Mike MacIntyre in 1965, Idaho's Robb Akey in 1966 and Dykes in 1969. Coker is the eighth-oldest head coach in the F.B.S., trailing Bill Snyder, Frank Solich, Steve Spurrier, Frank Solich, Mike Price, Frank Beamer and Larry Blakeney.
Former players in the N.F.L.
@PreSnapRead RE: Former players in NFL… Funny thing is, UTSA does have an alum in the league: Teddy Williams, Cowboys WR. Track star.
1 Not zero, as I originally believed. Cowboys' receiver Teddy Williams was on the track team at U.T.S.A., giving the Roadrunners one former player — using that term loosely — in the N.F.L.
Arbitrary top five list
Best power forwards in N.B.A. history
1. Tim Duncan (1997-present)
2. Karl Malone (1985-2004)
3. Bob Pettit (1954-65)
4. Charles Barkley (1984-2000)
5. Kevin Garnett (1995-present)
Larry Coker (Northeastern State '70), the first and only coach in program history. He's 4-6 after one season back in college football, with wins in his debut campaign against Northeastern State – that might have been awkward – Bacone, Georgia State and Minot State. Coker's imprint is all over this program: he's the face of U.T.S.A. football, its ambassador since day one, and the prime architect of the university's rapid on-field climb from nothingness to the F.B.S. level. As a big fish in a small pond, Coker will have the luxury of coaching with a far longer leash than the one he served under at Miami (Fla.), where he went 64-21 from 2001-6. Everything came up roses – the Rose Bowl, most notably – over Coker's first two years; Coker led the Hurricanes to the national title in 2001, coaching what most believe to be the finest team of the last 15 years, and followed that up with an overtime loss to Ohio State in the following season's B.C.S. National Championship Game. What happened from there? Off-field woes only exacerbated the frustration with Miami's on-field woes, and after Miami plummeted to 7-6 in 2006, the university opted to make a coaching change. Hopefully, the way his tenure at Miami ended doesn't impact the way Coker approaches his new position; Miami might have been intolerant of losing, but wins and losses won't define his early seasons with the Roadrunners, but rather the slow and steady progress that comes with starting on the ground floor. Coker seems to understand this fact, saying at his initial press conference that U.T.S.A. has "to step back and do it the right way. We can't afford to go too far forward and then have to back track." Unlike at Miami, slow and steady will win the race.
Tidbit (coaching edition) The good news: Eight of Coker's nine assistants return for the Roadrunners' second season. This is good for continuity. The not-good-but-not-awful news: Only two of Coker's nine assistants have prior full-time coaching experience on the F.B.S. level. The first is offensive line coach Jim Marshall, whose 35-year coaching career has led through UTEP, Louisiana Tech, Wyoming and Arkansas State. Prior to joining Coker last season, Marshall was the offensive coordinator at Incarnate Word, a Division-II program in, coincidentally enough, San Antonio. Marshall saved money on moving, I'd imagine. The second is defensive line coach Eric Roark, who was an assistant at S.M.U. from 2002-7. Prior to joining U.T.S.A., the remaining seven assistants were at Permian High School, Texas State, Central Arkansas, New Mexico State as a strength and conditioning assistant, Texas as a quality control assistant, Midwestern State and Drake.
Players to watch
Here's what we know about the Roadrunners: everyone's back. Well, almost everyone. The vast majority of last year's team remains in the fold, including all 11 starters on the offensive side of the ball. That's great news, though entirely expected: a program in its first season of existence typically isn't chock-full of seniors, though neither is the same program loaded with recruited student-athletes. Behind the scenes — off the field, and all day, every day — Coker and his staff are working on compiling a roster full of F.B.S.-caliber performers. It'll take some time.
The new offensive coordinator is former tight ends coach Kevin Brown, who replaced Houston-bound Travis Bush. Don't look for anything to change: Brown and Bush go back a ways — Brown was a position coach at Texas State when Bush was calling plays — so in all likelihood, the offense you saw last fall will be fairly similar to the offense the Roadrunners trot out in the season opener. That's good news for Eric Soza, a dual-threat quarterback who fits well into the Roadrunners' system.
Soza was surprisingly consistent last fall as a passer; this has much to do with Bush, who did a very, very good job milking the most out of an offense short on experience and talented skill players. Soza only had three foul showings in the passing game: Southern Utah, when he completed 14 of 28 attempts for 141 yards; Bacone, when was 9 of 20 for 157 yards; and Sam Houston State, when he was 26 of 52 for 217 yards and 3 picks. Soza was more hit or miss as a runner, finishing second on the team in rushing (285 yards) but only three times gaining more than 29 yards in a game.
Soza has weapons to work with in the passing game. The Roadrunners return each of last season's top three receivers: leading target Kam Jones (39 catches for 578 yards), Brandon Freeman (30 for 419 and a team-best 4 scores) and Kenny Harrison (28 for 209). As a whole, U.T.S.A.'s receiver corps, 12-players deep, is likely the strongest and deepest position on the team. Freeman, a transfer from New Mexico State, is the team's best: Coker cited his "wow factor" heading into last season, and while Jones became Soza's favorite target, Freeman might have the highest ceiling of any member of a strong receiver corps.
U.T.S.A. will be able to throw the ball — with consistency, if not with the sort of explosiveness found elsewhere in the WAC. Running the ball, however, was an issue last fall. Part of this inability to mount a competent ground game can be tied back to the offensive line; in my mind, this group will be the slowest to reach the sort of level the offense needs in order to match up with the rest of the WAC. Think of it this way: You see inexperienced underclassmen make waves at the offensive skill positions, but how often do you see a freshman or true sophomore offensive lineman play at an all-conference level? It takes time, and the Roadrunners need to be patient.
One good sign: U.T.S.A. has found — and stuck to — a starting five. The same group started all but a total of five games last fall: left tackle Cody Harris, left guard Payton Rion, center Nate Leonard, right guard Scott Inskeep and right tackle Cody Harris. Former Oklahoma State transfer Patrick Hoog, who started the last two games of last season at right guard, should grab a permanent starting spot in 2012. How long will it take this line to gel? It won't happen overnight, but as with the team as a whole, the group should only improve. It's a smaller line than most, which hurts the Roadrunners in the running game, but the line has flashed an ability to fare ably enough in pass protection.
How do you win when you have nothing? By being quirky, more often than not. So the offense runs a spread, helping the Roadrunners offset a lack of speed and explosiveness — though the team had more of both qualities than most believed it would. And the defense runs a 4-2-5, because it's far easier to find smaller guys who can run than it is to find guys bigger guys who can run. Recruiting, simplified. The defense returns 10 starters, with safety Mark Waters, last year's second-leading tackler, the only full-time starter not back in the mix on either side of the ball.
This doesn't mean that U.T.S.A., which hung tight in most games last fall, is standing pat. Defensive coordinator Neal Neathery, who called last year's defense "simple," has spent the spring installing a more exotic blitz scheme. This might leave the Roadrunners in a bit of a Catch-22: last year's defense took a pedestrian approach, but that limited the amount of big plays; taking more chances might mean more turnovers, but it also might lead to more defensive breakdowns. Neathery needs to weigh his desire for more pressure with his obvious aversion — he is a coordinator, after all — to letdowns in the secondary.
With Waters gone, the secondary becomes the de facto position to watch. His old free safety spot will fall to Triston Wade (two interceptions, tied for the team lead), a four-game starter last fall: three at rover, another as a fifth defensive back against South Alabama. Injuries have been an issue for the Roadrunners during the spring, as both starting safety Nic Johnston and starting cornerback Darrien Starling have missed significant time. When that pair does return, the secondary will feature Starling and Erik Brown at cornerback and Wade, Johnston and Mauricio Sanchez at safety.
The strength of this defense is at linebacker. The team's best defensive player is Brandon Reeves, last year's leading tackler; Reeves can play both inside and out — he's particularly good at getting to the quarterback — which increases his value. In a perfect world, barring injury, Reeves will play outside with Steven Kurfehs (61 tackles, 2 interceptions) lined up in the middle. T.C.U. illustrates how vital the linebacker position is in the 4-2-5 set: in Reeves and Kurfehs, U.T.S.A. has a nice one-two punch along the second level.
Could this defensive line be more than just WAC-ready? As in, could this front four already be better than more than one or two lines in the conference? If nothing else, there aren't many other lines in the WAC capable of going seven or eight deep up front, as can the Roadrunners. Of course, such a statement is tempered by one fact: the Roadrunners were going deep against Bacone, Northeastern State and the like, not the meaty top slice of the WAC.
But you have to like what you see from the defensive line. Despite missing a game, end Marlon Smith led the Roadrunners in tackles for loss (10.5) and sacks (8). Opposite Smith, U.T.S.A. can trot out Jason Neil — a six-game starter last fall — Franky Anaya, William Ritter or Lekenwic Haynes, the latter a converted safety who might be valuable as a pure rush end in certain packages. Anaya is intriguing: a spot starter both inside and out, he could be an anchor at end on first and second down before giving way to a Haynes, who could bring pressure on clear passing downs.
Anaya is one cog in the middle, joining incumbent starters Richard Burge (31 tackles, 1.5 for loss) and Ashaad Mabry (20 tackles, 3 for loss). Also in the mix: Ferrington Macon (15 tackles, 2.5 sacks), redshirt freshman Leighton Gilbert and incoming freshman Brendon Brinkmann, if the coaching staff feel he can add the requisite weight to his 6'6 frame — if not, Brinkmann's size will translate to end.
The bottom line, in my mind: While teams like Louisiana Tech will drop more than a few crooked numbers, this defense seems more prepared for the WAC than does the offense. That may be because it's easier to grasp the intricacies of a defensive game plan than it is to run an offense capable of keeping pace with the rest of the conference. More than anything, it seems as if the defense might be further along in the process than the offense.
Position battle(s) to watch
Running back Who will run the ball? It might not be with one lead back, but rather a share-the-wealth mentality. Last year's leading rusher (326 yards), Evans Okotcha, was the only back to break the 100-yard mark — doing so against Bacone, when he had 106 yards on 8 carries. Soza chipped in with 285 yards, as noted, and could do more if the Roadrunners had a back capable of keeping defenses honest. While a few options do return, like Okotcha, Brandon Armstrong and David Glasco II, this is not in itself look like a group that will strike fear into a conference that seems allergic to stopping the run. Not that the onus falls completely on the backfield: the offensive line also needs to step up, as touched on above. For now, Okotcha, a bit of a bruiser, should be viewed as the Roadrunners' best full-time option. If Okotcha does take over, he may loosen up defenses for shiftier backs like Armstrong and Glasco II. Depth at the position took a significant hit last week when Marcus Wright, a transfer out of Georgia Tech, opted to enroll at Incarnate Word — that school again — rather than with the Roadrunners. Wright, who starred at Reagan High School in the San Antonio area before signing with the Yellow Jackets, cited Bush's departure as coordinator and the difficulty he encountered gaining access to the U.T.S.A. graduate school as reasons for an abrupt about-face.
Game(s) to watch
We'll know much about both U.T.S.A. and South Alabama, two of the four new F.B.S. additions, by the first day of September. The two meet to open the year, with the loser perhaps clinching the bottom spot in the weekly re-rankings for the entirety of the 2012 season. The Roadrunners sandwich the year with the Jaguars and new WAC rival Texas State; the meat of the sandwich is the rest of the conference schedule and three games against F.C.S. foes: Texas A&M-Commerce, Georgia State and Northwest Oklahoma State.
Season breakdown & prediction
In a nutshell Wins and losses don't matter. Well, they do — no one wants to lose — but they don't. This season won't be judged on Texas-San Antonio's won-loss record; it'll be judged by progress of another sort, the kind that can't be seen in the standings but remains, without a doubt, the most important task at hand as the program begins its second season of existence. It's about improvement: getting better every day, getting after it on the recruiting trail, growing as a team with every practice and developing the sort of mentality befitting a program with grand aspirations. U.T.S.A. didn't take this step to be a bottom-feeder, or for the cachet being part of the F.B.S. holds. The long-term plan is to use the facilities, support and recruiting ground to become the best team in the WAC, and it's not a tremendously far-fetched idea to consider the Roadrunners as the conference's up-and-coming star. What about in the short term? You're going to see a young, inexperienced and untested team scuffle through a season's worth of growing pains. This is a team less than one year removed from its debut going against solid — or better than solid — teams like Utah State, Louisiana Tech and San Jose State. It'll be ugly at times. One win against true F.B.S. competition — not counting South Alabama or Texas State — would be a tremendous accomplishment. What seems far more likely is no more than three wins, with two of those coming against F.C.S. foes. Keep the long-range vision in my mind when watching this team: U.T.S.A. could one day be somebody. Today, the Roadrunners are nobodies.
Dream season The Roadrunners start 4-0, drawing a tremendous amount of national attention to the program, before winning only one game the rest of the way. Nevertheless, 5-7 is a huge debut season for this young program.
Nightmare season The lone win comes over Texas A&M-Commerce; yes, the Roadrunners lose to South Alabama, Georgia State and Northwest Oklahoma State.
In case you were wondering
Where do Texas-San Antonio fans congregate? Good football chatter isn't made overnight, or even over the span of 24 months, so be patient. You can still find a few spots, like the U.T.S.A. forum over at Spurs Talk, the blog and message board at Inside Runner Sports and the Web site of the San Antonio Express News. More options via the comment section: Per one reader, the best U.T.S.A. football talk can be found at Rowdyville and Rowdy Talk.
Texas-San Antonio's all-name nominee CB Xaviar Archangel.
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Through one team 3,373.
Up Next
Who is No. 123? The next program — on whatever day it falls — has the best career winning percentage of any program in the F.B.S.
Tags: Brandon Freeman, Brandon Reeves, Darrien Starling, Eric Roark, Eric Soza, Evans Okotcha, Franky Anaya, Jim Marshall, Kam Jones, Kevin Brown, Larry Coker, Marlon Smith, Neal Neathery, Nic Johnston, Patrick Hoog, Steve Kurfehs, Texas-San Antonio, Triston Wade, WAC
South Alabama is next, with an all-time record of 23-4 (.852). Here's guessing they won't be in first place at the end of next season.
That SpursTalk forum is pretty much dead. Check out http://rowdyville.net/forum/ and http://www.rowdytalk.com/forum.php
Hey Paul – Nice read.
I know you're getting the kinks out, so here's a little 'template update' you need to make.
In the sidebar column, you've still got last year's record as "2010 RECORD" not "2011." — Just a note for a clean up edit at some point!
The loss at home to D-III McMurry last year is what I keep coming back to. Granted McMurry is coached by Hal Mumme and Joe Lee Dunn but it is historically the third best college football team in Abilene, Texas. To put it into perspective, McMurry lost 82-6 to a 6-5 FCS team ( S.F. Austin ) – which lost to Baylor 48-0. This is going to be ugly.
I think the first football game of Florida State history was in 1902, with a win against the Baindbridge (GA) Giants
"Florida State University has officially fielded a football team since 1947."
@BurntOrange is their a collegiate football team in Texas that you don't know about lol
We do have one player in the NFL, meet Teddy Williams. Never played football at UTSA, he was a track star.
Paul: Someone alerted me to this earlier in the afternoon via Twitter. Fixing it now. Track! Who knew?
That looks better! And supposedly the fastest guy in the Cowboys' roster. Set a bunch of records at UTSA. And for this, I will now follow you on Twitter lol
The school should be referred to as UTSA (or The University of Texas at San Antonio the first time in a column, and UTSA thereafter) but never U.T.S.A. or Texas-San Antonio. UTSA is the preferred name.
It is good to see that Alabama's approach to a non-conference schedule hasn't changed since 1892.
Dang Delawaresinglewing, you beat me to it –
I think I saw Birmingham High School on 'Bama's non-conference schedule for 2014…
Wow guys. I mean, Michigan's no LSU, but they're not THAT bad.
Pretty sure both Texas A&M-Commerce and Northwest Oklahoma State are both Division II schools, not 1-AA programs.
Kevin McHale should be on that list. How many championship rings does Barkley have?
Slight modification to Eksynyt's comment: TAMU-C is in the D2 Lone Star Conf., but NOSU is an NAIA team trying to transition to D2.
How is it that team is allowed to play one D2, one NAIA, two FCS, and two first-year FBS transitional teams (not to mention Idaho, who's practically on their way back to the Big Sky) and still call itself FBS??
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The MCC delegation tours Casa de la Misericordia (Mercy House) in Nogales, Mexico, as part of its three-day orientation before beginning the Migrant Trail walk. SALT participant Lisl Kristina Hershberger works at the Mercy House, operated by BorderLinks, which offers a variety of educational classes to children and adults in the community.
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I created this thread for those who dislike the DCnU Superman. Please just allow those who remark to do so without having to get into a discussion about why they do not like it.
I would like to keep this and the other thread I made for those who like it to be non confrontational.
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Here is what I dislike about the DCnU Superman.
1. The Suit - You all know I started a thread about this already so I won' go into details about it and bore you all to death by repeating myself.
2. Younger Superman - I really dislike this. I feel he needs to be at least in his very late 20's or early 30's. He just looks and feels to much like Superboy rather then Man.
3. Kent's being Dead - I came to really enjoy the Kent's being alive over the years. I have been reading comics for over 30 years and seen both the Kent's Dead and Alive. I think having them alive adds more to the story.
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Heading back, take Trail 1 up to the bluff and experience this area from a different perspective.
The spur to the right leads to another parking area. Stick to right on the main trail here.
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An alternative route to the beach. If you want to shorten this trip, start here instead of Trail 3.
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A few months back, we wrote about helpful tips on maximizing merit aid, or aid based on a student's attributes like academics, athletics and extracurriculars. For college applicants who aren't deemed financially needy in terms of their FAFSA or EFC, merit aid can make a huge difference in the schools they can realistically afford to attend. Students and families seeking this extra financial aid boost should consider researching schools more likely to dispense merit-based awards but with so many colleges and universities in the U.S., which ones are the best financial bets?
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High school students, does this data have you looking at these schools in a new light? Current college students attending one of the schools listed above, did merit aid make the difference as to whether or not you enrolled?
August 24, 2011
There are lots of ways students and their parents can pay for college – at Scholarships.com, we're familiar with nearly 3 million options – and many begin socking away funds early on. As admirable as this timely planning is, a new study shows it won't come close to covering the ever-rising cost of higher education.
Boston-based Fidelity Investments has revealed that while 67 percent of parents surveyed have put money into some sort of college fund this year, current and expected savings project the typical American family will only be able to pay for 16 percent of college costs when the time comes. Why? Many factors contribute, like the less-than-stellar economy and existing student loan payments (more than half of parents with children under five still have outstanding balances) but perhaps the hardest-hitting element is the colleges' steep price tags: Over the past five years alone, college costs have jumped 26 percent.
This news may sound bleak but families are still finding ways to afford school without going into debt...or having their children graduate with a mountain of it. More parents are asking their kids to work part-time, commute to save on room and board, opt for state schools over private ones and take additional credits - all to keep costs in check. These are all excellent options to defray ballooning education costs but don't forget scholarships and grants – aka free money for college! Just like saving, it's important to start searching for scholarships early and often. No time's better than the present – complete a free scholarship search today!
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With college costs at an all-time high, the likelihood of college applicants and their parents selecting the school offering the most financial assistance is pretty high. But what national schools provide the highest quality education for the lowest price? Just ask the experts at U.S. News.
Though the official ordered list will not be revealed until next week, U.S. News published a sneak peek of its top 10 best value schools in the National Universities category today. (Keep in mind the schools are only listed in alphabetical order at this point.)
Is your dream school represented? Excellent! What school do you think will be named the best value and why?
September 19, 2011
The fall semester is in full swing at universities around the country and college students are trying to stretch their funds for tuition, books, housing and other college costs as far as they can go. It's never easy but students at the University at Buffalo are having a more difficult time than usual.
In the past, UB sent out financial aid to coincide with the start of the academic year but pushed disbursement for roughly 18,000 students back three weeks this year – a 21-day difference that left many UB students unable to buy books, pay rent or pay for classes. Though UB's Vice Provost A. Scott Weber said the change was made to "protect students" by making sure they would receive the exact amount of money they are eligible for, the student newspaper previously quoted interim financial aid director Jennifer Pollard as stating the policy change was a response to fraudulent activities by students.
UB officials did admit they should have done a better job getting the word out about the financial aid change but students and educators alike are still not happy: One professor called the situation "chaos in the classroom" and a "stupid disaster" and a graduate student said the ordeal "draws to question some bigger problems with the administration." (We're sure these are among the tamer reactions.) Any UB students out there? Has the funding disbursement delay negatively impacted your semester? College students in general, how would you react if this financial aid fiasco happened at your school?
December 14, 2011
High school graduation rates have been on the rise across the nation but are the numbers of mortarboard-tossing students truly accurate? Experts say a new approach to data calculation will reveal the truth.
A new federal mandate scheduled to take effect next year will standardize graduation rates by calculating the number of students who graduate high school in four years divided by the number of students who entered the school four years prior. This means states will no longer be able to count students who complete special education programs, night school, the GED and virtual high school programs along with those who earn a traditional high school diploma; when these students are removed from the equation, Chris West of Johns Hopkins University's Everyone Graduates Center estimates official national graduation rates will likely decrease between 5 percent and 10 percent.
Parents may be alarmed when they see the numbers fall but the standardization will do far more good than harm: West says it will level the playing field for high schools vying for federal money through the Race to the Top program – funds that will allow these schools to better prepare their students and further increase graduation rates. Do you think the graduation rate standardization will have a positive or negative impact? Is this a change that should have happened a long time ago or was the old way of reporting just fine?
December 16, 2011
The Federal Pell Grant program as we know it has been in jeopardy in recent years but an agreement reached last night will keep its funding intact. While college students will still receive the maximum award amount per year, the number of eligible recipients is a quite different (and unfortunate) story.
The Chronicle reported congressional leaders agreed on a spending bill for the remainder of the current fiscal year that would increase funds for the National Institutes of Health by 1 percent, thereby maintaining the maximum Pell Grant amount of $5,550. To make this $300 million increase possible, however, eligibility for the award has been restricted. Under the bill, Pell Grant funding will only be available to each student for six years instead of nine, high school diplomas or GEDs will be required (no more ability-to-benefit tests) and the income cap for receiving an "automatic zero" expected family contribution will be lowered from $30,000 to $23,000. The interest subsidy on undergraduate student loans during the six-month grace period after a student graduates would also temporarily end.
Yes, the changes are significant but they are far less severe than an earlier bill which would have lowered the income cap to $15,000 and reduced the amount of income working students could exclude when applying for financial aid – changes that would have negatively impacted thousands of college students, especially those attending community colleges. We want to know what you think about the news. Is there a way to maintain federal funding without decreasing eligibility or do you think this bill is the best option?
December 28, 2011
If you are a recent college graduate, those student loans you haven't thought about in four or more years are about to come calling...and collecting. While some students' debt tallies are quite large, the amounts owed by others are much more manageable.
U.S. News & World Report has reported that the average amount of student loan debt (defined as money loaned to students from colleges, financial institutions and the government, not including parent loans) for a 2010 college graduate was about $25,000 but this number truly varies depending on what school a student calls his or her alma mater: For example, 2010 graduates of Alice Lloyd College have an average total indebtedness of only $3,108 and those from Princeton owe just $4,385, due in large part to more grants, scholarships and work study that do not require repayment. Here are all of the schools that made the top 10 and the average amount of student loan debt 2010 graduates incurred:
Does this information have you reevaluating your college plans or financial aid choices?
December 30, 2011
There's been much debate about the true value of a college degree. This isn't surprising given rising tuition costs and lower employment rates but a new study by a 2011 Trinity College graduate reveals spending the time and money to obtain a college degree is still very much worthwhile.
That graduate – Sarah Millar – came to this conclusion by examining data from government and private sources as well as her own personal experience as a college student. She found that although college costs have climbed an average of 6.4 percent each year since 1981 and annual income has only risen 0.4 percent in that time, the average take-home pay of college graduates is $38,950 versus $21,500 of students who only graduated high school. Unemployment rates of the two groups are also in favor or college degree holders – as of last month, 4.4 percent to 9.6 percent – and earnings of college grads exceed high school grads by more than $1 million over 40 years. Millar does note that all colleges and majors are not created equal, though, as average starting salaries of recent grads in specific fields of study from well-known or prestigious schools are more than those from state universities or smaller private colleges.
Check out more information from the study here then tell us: What do you think of Millar's findings?
January 27, 2012
It's finally decision day. You rush to your mailbox – either traditional or electronic – and find a fat envelope from your first-choice school waiting for you. They like you, they really like you...but will you reciprocate those feelings in the fall? According to a new survey, it's becoming far less probable.
The Cooperative Institutional Research Program at the University of California Los Angeles study revealed that of the 204,000 college freshmen surveyed at 207 schools, just 58 percent enrolled at their first-choice college. This is the fifth year the percentage has dropped and program director John H. Pryor said financial aid (or lack of it) is a huge factor in students' decisions. "These students who were accepted and are not attending are much more likely to say they are not going because they did not get the financial aid they wanted." (Read the survey in its entirety here.)
How many of you were accepted to your first-choice school only to have to give up your spot because of one of the factors cited in the survey?
February 6, 2012
In the wake of the recent scandal at Claremont McKenna College, one has to wonder if college rankings are all they're cracked up to be. Colleges seem to think so – some administrators are willing to fudge standardized testing data in order to move up even one slot and bonuses have been offered to the presidents of schools that increase their positions – but what about the students? Do they care about the number associated with their school of choice? Meh.
The trend, discussed in a new Associated Press article, is that students typically use the rankings as a source of data and pay little attention to a school's number. The latest version of the national survey of college freshmen conducted annually by UCLA's Higher Education Research Institute revealed that rankings in national magazines were number 11 on the list of factors affecting college choices behind factors such as cost, size and location; the number one factor, however, was academic reputation, which is a bit confusing as reputation is taken into consideration when determining rankings. "As someone who is asked every year to comment on the rankings, it seems to me that who cares most is the media," John Pryor, who directs the UCLA survey, wrote in a blog post last year. "Second would be college presidents and development officers. Way down the list seem to be those who are actually trying to decide where to go to college."
Are college rankings a bigger deal to students or colleges? Did you or do you plan to use college rankings in making your college choices or do you think other factors are more important to consider?
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After a broken arm in 2011, Katie Ryan surged back to become one of the top young racers in the country, winning the 2013 NorAm downhill title.
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Breezy Johnson (Salt Lake City; Rowmark Academy) finished 15th in the FIS Alpine Junior World Championships women's downhill to claim the top finish among athletes under 18.
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ackie Wiles (Aurora, OR) and Bryce Bennett (Squaw Valley, CA) claimed the U.S Alpine Championships downhill titles during a chilly Tuesday at U.S. Ski Team Speed Center.
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How'd she do it? The simple answer is fast skiing, which earned her the 2013 NorAm downhill title and a top 10 in super G at the Junior World Championships. But the life of a ski racer literally, and figuratively, has its peaks and valleys.
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A truly classic movie theatre, situated on Catalina Island, just off the coast from Los Angeles. The Avalon Theatre opened on May 29, 1929.
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You might be right. Google gives the address as 1 Casino Way, Avalon, CA. That address doesn't map correctly either.
According to this site there are 1184 seats.
I sat in the seats last weekend and they are very comfortable and new feeling. I'm sure they replaced the original seats with these at some point and put fewer than original to accommodate the continuously expanding exteriors of the American public. They did a really nice job because the sides of the seats look original, at least on the aisle.
This is a photo of the Page Theater Organ.
Here is a 1929 interior photo from the LAPL:
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A unique and beautiful interior and exterior. I am glad the Avalon theatre is so well maintained.
Hey, does anyone have any further info on the "Silent Movie Festival" mentioned above??
Have only been there once…but loved it. Especially since during the tour, we were privileged with a screening of a Buster Keaton short….definitely the true genius of the Silent Film era.
What is the definition of "atmospheric"?
Considering the ceiling—even minus clouds and a bordering Spanish village—could this be called an atmospheric?
Please come see this beautiful theatre at the annual Santa Catalina Film Festival held every May. This year there are a lot of amazing guests lined up to come.
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Amid the remarkable architecture of Park Slope stands a singularly distinctive building. Perhaps it is the structure's resemblance to an Italian palazzo that makes it so unique, as it would seem more plausible to view it along the canals of Venice than the streets of Brooklyn. Housing The Montauk Club, it has stood on the corner of Eighth Avenue and Lincoln Place since 1891, and is the creation of Francis Kimball, a prominent architect whose work from the late nineteenth and early twentieth century continues to grace New York City. Most of Kimball's buildings are in lower Manhattan, and with the current construction of the Fulton Street Transit Center, his Corbin Building has been spared from demolition and is presently being restored.
In 1883, not far from the Club, the greatest engineering feat of the nineteenth century was completed as the majestic arches of the Brooklyn Bridge first soared over the East River. At this time, the five boroughs had not yet consolidated; Brooklyn was still an independent city, and with the opening of the great span, civic pride was at its peak. Six years later, the Club was founded by leading citizens of Brooklyn whose names have been memorialized through names of streets and institutions: Pratt, Schermerhorn, Lefferts, Dean, Underhill, and Montgomery.
The Club's striking Venetian architecture is complemented by graceful brickwork, stained glass, tiled roof, and terra cotta ornamentation detailing scenes of American Indian life. Once inside, the lighting, dark woodwork, furniture, and aged objects transport visitors to a different time. One can imagine gentlemen from the early twentieth century arriving by way of horse-drawn carriages, entering, and depositing their coats and hats with a butler in the vestibule. Such an entrance might be followed by an elegant dinner, preceding conversation, billiards, or relaxation in plush club chairs with brandy and cigars. There were many such clubs in existence at the time, and some of the buildings housing them still remain, although now with different functions. The most notable of these structures is the Unity League Club on Bedford Avenue and Bergen Street, fronted by an outstanding equestrian statue of General Grant.
Today, access to the Montauk Club's dining room is offered via reciprocal arrangements with similar clubs in places like the Philippines, India, London, San Francisco, and Washington DC. Through such an arrangement with a Pennsylvania institution, I had the pleasure of dining at the Club this past July. Throughout my youth, I had admired the Montauk Club's exterior, so it was a treat to view the inside of this beautiful building. As I entered, an old grandfather clock chimed the hour in a tone that was unlike the timbre one would hear in a modern clock. This, along with the lighting, furnishings, high ceiling, and other features, offered a thoroughly unique reception.
I thought it would be interesting to speak to someone who had been associated with the for several decades, so upon leaving I spoke to the General Manager, who referred me to Dino Veronese, a long-standing member and former President of the Club. After coordinating with a few different contacts, I finally made arrangements to meet both Veronese and the Club's current President, Tim Thompson.
I arrived a few minutes early. Once Dino and Tim stepped in to the building, we ascended to the second floor card room. There, we sat and chatted for the next hour and a half. To my right, two windows capped by leaded-glass looked out over Eighth Avenue. With Dino sitting across from me and Tim to my left, we began a wonderful conversation about the Club, and Brooklyn in general. Between the three of us, we had over 150 cumulative years of experience in the borough. We touched on each of our individual memories, as well as joint recollections.
First, we spoke of the history of the Montauk Club and its most notable guests, including Presidents Cleveland, Hoover, Eisenhower, and Kennedy. While neither Dino nor Tim was present for JFK's visit, Dino recalled seeing former New York State Governor, Hugh Carey, at the Club. I learned that the homes directly across the street from the Club were known as Sportsmen Row, where some key figures in thoroughbred racing lived.
William Gaynor, who served as New York City's Mayor from 1910-1913, lived across from the Club as well. Gaynor was the only NYC mayor to be the target of an assassination attempt, and although he survived the incident, he subsequently suffered complications and died three years later. On a more positive note, all New Yorkers owe a debt of gratitude to Gaynor, although they may not know why: 102 years ago, largely the result of his efforts, tolls were abolished on the East River.
Originally, the Club owned the adjacent lot, as well as the entire building. The basement included a bowling alley, while on the other floors there was a kitchen, dining room card room and an upstairs dormitory where members could spend the night. Today, only two of the five floors remain in pristine condition and belong to the Club; the others have been sold as condos. Dino relayed how the times have changed, as has the way one refers to Park Slope. Today, residents say that they live in Park Slope, while years ago residents said they lived on the Park Slope. One thing that has not changed is the Club's 38-year-old annual tradition of greeting new members with music by the Princeton Tigertones, a renowned collegiate group that has performed at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, The White House, and other respected venues around the world.
I very much enjoyed my meeting with Dino and Tim as we reminisced about trolleys, Ebbets Field, historic hotels that are no longer standing, and other aspects of Brooklyn, including our thoughts about the new Barclays Center. If you find yourself on the Park Slope, take some time to appreciate the 25 Eighth Avenue building, and if you are interested in inquiring about membership in the Montauk Club, visit their website at www.montaukclub.com.
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Cellar/Tasting Notes Tiny yields, malolactic in barrel, aging on its lees and no fining or filtration produced an exotic, full-throttle St.-Emilion boasting an explosive nose of blueberry pie, lead pencil shavings, black truffles, camphor, incense and toasty oak. Made in a borderline extreme style, the wine is..
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Cellar/Tasting Notes ... the 2009 Les Pensees de Lafleur has terrific purity, a serious level of concentration, impressive notes of melted licorice and kirsch liqueur, and a full-bodied mouthfeel. While its tannins are soft, the wine boasts plenty of glycerin and leaves an impressive tactile impression.
Cellar/Tasting Notes "The finest Le Gay produced since the post World War II era, the 2005 even eclipses the fabulous 1982 and 1989. This inky/purple-hued effort reflects the commitment of proprietress Catherine Pere-Verge. An extraordinary perfume of blueberries, blackberries, flowers, truffles, and a touch of steely..
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7 of the most 'Essential" albums of the 80's
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posted Apr 20 2010 6:22PM
Imagine that you could only have 7 albums from the 80's...what would they be? What types of music would be represented in your limited but "Essential" collection? Tonight on "The List" I made my choice for those 7 albums;
.-When I first heard Radio Free Europe in 1983 It was hard to understand what the heck Michael Stipe was singing. The sound of the band absolutely captivated me and I looked forward to each subsequent release with anticipation of an evolving, socially relevant, and little did I know at the time...Hall of Fame Band. The Murmur became a big noise!
Born in the USA
-Bruce had gone main stream and produced an album that ruled the airwaves for over 2 years with 7 top 40 hits. He may have stoked the star-making machinery a bit more with the new ripped physique and the "Hollywood" videos...but The Boss did not loose his heart for working-class Americans.Â
Graceland-Paul Simon
-A singer songwriter for the ages. Paul's thoughtful lyrics and love of world music made this album a must have for those who like to sit, and take in a quiet musical expression. Graceland won the Grammy for Album of Year...Academy voters can't be wrong can they? Forget Milli Vanilli...
The Joshua Tree-U2
-With their 1987 album U2 cemented themselves as superstars. The album was very radio friendly but by no means pop in anyway. With it, the band staked claim to their eventual legacy. The most important band of the last 30 years.
Pyromania-Def Leppard
-If you have to have some Pop Metal (and you do) on your list of essential 80's albums...It has to be Def Leppard. Great Hooks, Power Chords and crisp vocals. Foolin, Rock of Ages and Photograph are all highly crankable...and they followed up this excellence with Hysteria. It was a tough choice.
So-Peter Gabriel-
Nominated for an Album of the Year Grammy, the album lost to Graceland, Peter Gabriel's "So" was another adventure in world music. Full on Motown tinged lust pounded Sledgehammer. In Your Eyes is one of the 80's most intelligent love songs. So why not add So to your list of "Essential 80's Albums? And finally...
Combat Rock-The Clash
-Just as they truly broke through to the American mainstream with songs like "Should I Stay, or Should I Go and "Rock the Casbah" The Clash were falling apart in 1982. Joe Strummer sacked Mick Jones and fired Topper for heroin addiction. It was basically all over. So I look at this album as the realization of what was always there...and a sad statement to the difficulties of keeping a great band together. Too many egos and too much temptation. So that's it...your thoughts are welcome...and thanks for listening.
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Patty from Castle Rock
Dan, Seriously, the best "THE" bands of all time and you include The CLASH? Seriously now. How about The Band, The Grateful Dead? or even the The Kinks or even The Monkeys would have been more appropriate. We all know that you love the Clash, we have to hear them all the time, but REALLY..... Think about it. Thanks, Patty
Hiya Daniel. As I told you, I think this list is excellent. Couldn't have done it better myself ( with a year to think about it!) but i was wondering if you had to make the same list but with 70's albums...what would THEY be? Off the top I think Frampton Comes Alive, Moondance, Let it Be, Dark Side of The Moon, Hotel California... of course I would pick some Three Dog Night (Joy to the World?) or Steely Dan (Can't But A Thrill?)...I dunno...I haven't given it enough thought. Cause that's YOUR Job! I'll be interested in knowing what your picks would be. Hear ya this afternoon! :)
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